{"podcast":{"title":"Ludonarrative Dissidents","slug":"ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607","podcast_index_feed_id":4355607,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/672330cc/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.slangdesign.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/17203595/17203595-1628529148723-1a6a2a86402f9.jpg","author":"Ross Payton","episode_count":85,"summary":"Ludonarrative Dissidents is a podcast from Greg Stolze, James Wallis, and Ross Payton to explore and analyze tabletop RPGs. What does each game do, how does it work, and why do people play it? We are currently in season 3, and we've expanded to include sourcebooks and adventures. Visit our website at https://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/ to get detailed show notes. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/CQt5DbFZCD","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T06:19:35.155013+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607"},"episode":{"title":"Maelstrom","slug":"maelstrom","published_at":"2026-03-20T17:59:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/maelstrom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ludonarrative-dissidents/episodes/Maelstrom-e3gob80","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/672330cc/podcast/play/117238464/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-20%2F181203ea-457b-87bb-8b40-32f0ae02b2f9.mp3","summary":"MAELSTROM is a paperback-format RPG written by Alex Scott and published in 1984 by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Books in the UK. It contains rules for roleplaying in Europe, mostly England, at the time of the Tudors (the 1500s), with a solo adventure, a sample adventure and a herbiary. It is an interesting comparison to the other 1980s British RPG set in a faux-Europe of the early Renaissance, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay , which was published two years later. The game was re-released by Arion Games in 2008, and the company has also released an expanded version and several supplements, as well as standalone titles Maelstrom Domesday (set after the Norman invasion), Maelstrom Rome and Maelstrom Gothic . Maelstrom at Wikipedia Maelstrom at DriveThruRPG Read the full show notes here. Discuss this episode on our Discord.","meta_description":"MAELSTROM is a paperback-format RPG written by Alex Scott and published in 1984 by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Books in the UK. It contains rules…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4146,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/episodes/maelstrom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/maelstrom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}